1380
Duke Dimitri
revolts against the Mongols
1462-1505
Ivan III takes over the Muscovy Empire of Russia and
rebels against the Mongol Golden Horde
1533-84
Ivan IV is the first Russian monarch
crowned as Tzar
1613
Michael
Romanov starts a long line of
Romanov rulers
1682-1725
Peter I defeats the Swedes in the Great Northern War
1762-96
Catherine II takes parts of Poland, and
increases the army
1801-25
Alexander I repels Napoleon with
guerilla tactics
1827
Russians,
British and French defeat the Ottoman navy at Navarino
1856
Crimean War
lost by Russia
1917
Russian
Communist Revolution succeeds
